Suppose that weight of adolescents is being studied by a health organization and that the accompanying tables describes the probability distribution for three randomly selected adolescents, where x is the number who are considered morbidly obese. Is it significant to
Have no obese subjects among three randomly selected adolescents? $\begin{array}{c|c}
\boldsymbol{x} & \boldsymbol{P}(\boldsymbol{x}) \
\hline 0 & 0.111 \
1 & 0.215 \
2 & 0.450 \
3 & 0.224
\end{array}$

A) $\mathrm { Yes }$
B) No

Question

Suppose that weight of adolescents is being studied by a health organization and that the accompanying tables describes the probability distribution for three randomly selected adolescents, where x is the number who are considered morbidly obese. Is it significant to
Have no obese subjects among three randomly selected adolescents? $\begin{array}{c|c}
\boldsymbol{x} & \boldsymbol{P}(\boldsymbol{x}) \
\hline 0 & 0.111 \
1 & 0.215 \
2 & 0.450 \
3 & 0.224
\end{array}$

A) $\mathrm { Yes }$
B) No

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The probability of having no obese subjects (x=0) is 0.111, which is not extremely low. Typically, a probability below 0.05 is considered significant, so 0.111 is not significant.

Suppose That Weight of Adolescents Is Being Studied by a Health